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Recommended for: Grades 4-8

Resource: How Far to Wells Road?

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Length: 1m 23s
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In this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca is driving to visit her friend. Her driving instructions say that she has to drive 3.2 miles and then make a turn. She checks her car odometer and calculates the distance she must drive by adding the 3.2 miles to the odometer reading. Unfortunately, she makes a calculation error and ends up driving too far.

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Frame: When people keep track of mileage, a lot of times they use the odometer in their car. This device records the distance the car has traveled. Some odometers display only whole numbers while other odometers include the parts of each mile. What kind of numbers do you think odometers use to record the parts of a mile?

Focus: While watching the segment, try to spot the mistake Bianca makes when she adds the distance she has to travel before the turn to her current mileage. See if you can figure out what the odometer reading should have been in order for her to make the turn at the right place.